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[–] Mango@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Why is it bad to have rules which prevent harm to everyone?

Nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything. You ever see a 2oz bottle of Coke?

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't prevent harm to everyone it just allows gas stations to use a single pump and shift the liability onto consumers.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you can't see the practicality, that's on you.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 0 points 6 months ago

Boo. If you're gonna troll, at least make it interesting.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything.

In the given example, is the gas station not forcing Customer B to purchase more gas than they may want or need? What if I have a chainsaw with a 1 gallon fuel tank? Now I need to not only buy more gas than I can use, but a container to safely store it in. (It's also illegal to dispense gasoline to/from an unauthorized container!) Now if I use my chainsaw once or twice a year, I also get to dump out that extra gasoline because it's gone bad by the time I need to use it again.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Do you have an ethanol chainsaw? Maybe an ethanol weed whacker? Got some links to these small ethanol motors?

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

E10 and E15 mostly aren't ethanol. They're 90% and 85%, respectively, gasoline, with the rest being ethanol.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty stupid comparison. These aren't prepackaged containers, and that's a pretty key part of the terrible point you were trying to make.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Ok then, try to book an attorney for 10 minutes only.